I love seeing any calendar event on my iPhone that starts with "Adler". Such as "Adler - Chuck e Cheese Pizza" or "Adler - Pick up from School". Yesterday the calendar said: "Adler - Overnight". Mom and Dad had a concert to attend so Mimi and Papa put on their "going to the play-park" clothes and loaded the little dude and his stuff up for the night. Seems he's traveling a little lighter these days and didn't need a whole suitcase full of dinosaurs, trains, and train track! He does love to bring his iPad, though, and can work it at 3 better than I can at... well, older. We stopped off at the play-park where we raced from tree to tree and played on the equipment. He discovered a nice mound of ants at the base of the steps - "Mean ants!" he yelled, and with his fists doubled at his sides, raised his foot to stomp on them. "No, Adler - they might bite you!" I said. Do you know what he did then? It looked like he was thinking really hard about going ahead and stomping them but he just furrowed his brow (his mean look) and ... spit on them!
We left the park and arrived at the rig and unloaded: one large yellow Tonka dump truck, one larger Tonka front end loader, one bucket & shovel, and the iPad (he calls it his iBee) along with various clothes, jacket, shoes, etc. We're set for the night to play. We build roads in the gravel, make pretend soup in the bucket, and do play-dough, and bubbles. Now, it's time for Adler's all-time favorite thing - "Chase me!" You kinda have to "be there" to get the full effect, but in essence, it involves chasing him around and around the bar with something that's going to "get him" - all the while saying "I'm gonna get you!" Last night, it was a fork and spoon held together or one of the green monkeys from his barrel-of-monkeys. His imagination (and energy) amaze me! Some days, he wants to chase you!! We wound down for the night with a book or two. He really likes "I Will Never, No Not Ever, Eat a Tomato" and a very old book we used to read to his Mama "The House That Had Enough."
He snuggles when he sleeps with us. Priceless. This morning he has coffee with Papa (sorry Mom, but it was mostly milk) in a big no-spill travel mug and gets ready to do it all over again.... "Mimi, I wanna go outside."
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